José Isbert
José Isbert (real name: José Ysbert Alvarruiz), also known as Pepe Isbert (3 March 1886 in Madrid – 28 November 1966 in Madrid), was a Spanish actor. In 1912 he debuted in the short film Asesinato y entierro de Don José Canalejas (playing Pardiñas, the anarchist who killed José Canalejas). During the silent era he worked in theatre with supporting roles in cinema, but with the advent of sound, he made a big screen comeback in the comedy directed by Florián Rey, La pura verdad in (1931). In the 1930s he acted in half a dozen films including: ¿Cuándo te suicidas? (1931) directed by Manuel Romero, La bien pagada (1935) by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín orEl bailarín y el trabajador (1935), directed by Luis Marquina and based on a play by Jacinto Benavente. In the 1940s he gained great popularity in films such as Te quiero para mí (1944) and El testamento del virrey (1944), both directed by Ladislao Vajda; Ella, él y sus millones (1944) by Juan de Orduña; El fantasma y doña Juanita (1945) by Rafael Gil and Pacto de silencio (1949), by Antonio Román. The films he is most remembered for are from the 1950s and 1960s, in classics directed by Luis García Berlanga: Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953), Los jueves, milagro(1957) and El verdugo (1963); and the dark comedy masterpiece El cochecito by Marco Ferreri, all written by Rafael Azcona. He was the grandfather in the Spanish classic La gran familia (1962), and its sequel La gran familia... y uno más (1965), these films earning him still greater popularity. Pepe Isbert died in Madrid due to a heart condition when he was 80 years old. He was buried at Tarazona de la Mancha cemetery in the province of Albacete.
101 acting credits
Acting · 101
The Executioner
1963
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953
The Wheelchair
1960
Condemned to Hang
1953
Spanish Western
2015
Songs for After a War
1976
Margarita se llama mi amor
1961
The Rocket from Calabuch
1956
Los ladrones somos gente honrada
1956
The Family and One More
1965
Uncle Hyacynth
1956
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
Love on Wheels
1954
The Miller's Saucy Wife
1955
The Big Family
1962
El fantasma y doña Juanita
1945
The Dancer and the Worker
1936
Cupido contrabandista
1962
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
1959
Perro golfo
1963
Faustina
1957
Sabían demasiado
1962
The Gang of Eleven
1963
Afternoon at the Bulls
1956
Los dinamiteros
1964
El guardián del paraíso
1955
Airport
1953
El capitán Veneno
1950
You and I Are Three
1962
Radio Stories
1955
All Is Possible in Granada
1954
Life Ahead
1958
Nuits andalouses
1954
Path to the Kingdom
1952
Doña Francisquita
1952
La vida empieza a medianoche
1944
Assassination and burial of José Canalejas
1912
Operation Delilah
1967
The Adventurer of Seville
1954
The Man Who Wagged His Tail
1957
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960
Black Sky
1951
Love Charm
1947
Ella, él y sus millones
1944
Siempre vuelven de madrugada
1949
Miracles of Thursday
1957
Una cubana en España
1951
Un caballero andaluz
1954
Pacto de silencio
1949
Those Who Did Not Go to War
1962
Broken Lives
1935
Sucedió en mi aldea
1956
El Litri y su sombra
1960
Bombs for Peace
1959
Estrella de Sierra Morena
1952
The Seventh Page
1951
Último día
1952
Angels at the Wheel
1957
Spanish Round
1951
Congress in Seville
1955
Fulano y Mengano
1957
Como la tierra
1954
Un día perdido
1955
Una chica de opereta
1944
Orosia
1944
Cuentos de la Alhambra
1950
Manolo guardia urbano
1956
En un rincón de España
1949
Lo que cuesta vivir
1967
La familia Vila
1950
My Beloved Juan
1950
Un hombre de negocios
1945
Villa Alegre
1958
This is Madrid
1953
El señor Esteve
1948
Alma de Dios
1941
Tremolina
1957
Eleven Pairs of Boots
1954
La fiesta sigue
1948
Intriga en el escenario
1954
Near the city
1952
¡Che, qué loco!
1953
Despedida de soltero
1961
Vamos a contar mentiras
1962
Dos novias para un torero
1956
La chica del barrio
1956
Don José, Pepe y Pepito
1961
La mala ley
1924
Servicio en la mar
1950
Rapto en la ciudad
1956
Sin uniforme
1950
Me quiero casar contigo
1951
Días de feria
1960
Fin de curso
1943
Lola the Coalgirl
1952
Punto y banca
1961
La bien pagada
1935
Un americano en Toledo
1965
Un soltero difícil
1950
Vida sin risas
1960
Nubes de verano
1954